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Debbi Morgan was born in Dunn, North Carolina, and moved to New York City when she was three months old. Her father, George Morgan, Jr., died of leukemia when she was eight, and she was raised by her mother, Lora.

Her acting career began in high schools in New York's South Bronx when she landed the role of Puck in a musical version of A Midsummer Night's Dream. She became involved in workshops run by the Negro Ensemble Company and the New Federal Theatre, which led to a Broadway role in Ron Milner's What the Wine Sellers Buy. She toured with the national company for a year, and since then has also appeared off-Broadway in Does the Tiger Wear a Necktie?, and in Los Angeles productions of My Sister, My Sister and Once in a Wifetime.

Morgan's earliest recurring television role was as Diane Harris on What's Happening!! from 1976 to 1977. In 1979, she received critical acclaim for her portrayal of Alex Haley's great-aunt Elizabeth Harvey on the 1979 miniseries Roots: The Next Generations, and her guest-starring role as Curtis Jackson's ex-girlfriend turned prostitute on The White Shadow. In 1982, Morgan embarked on what would end up being her most famous role -- All My Children's Angie Baxter Hubbard. Her portrayal of Angie struck a chord with many Black viewers across America; Angie and her love interest, Jesse Hubbard (Darnell Williams), became the first African-American "supercouple" on the daytime serials. In 1989, Morgan earned a Daytime Emmy for her work on All My Children.

After leaving All My Children, Morgan played the role of Chantal Marshall on the NBC soap opera, Generations. She then reprised her role as Angie on Loving and The City. From 1997 to 1998, she played Dr. Ellen Burgess on Port Charles. In the early 2000s, she played lead character Lora Gibson, opposite Lea Thompson, on the Lifetime series For the People. She also played the role of The Seer in the fourth season of Charmed.

In the late-1990's, Morgan garnered critical acclaim from movie critics for her portrayal of clairvoyant Mozelle Batiste Delacroix in the motion picture Eve's Bayou. For her portrayal, she won a Chicago Film Critics Association Award and an Independent Spirit Award, and was nominated for an Image Award.